Nuzar was defeated by Huang Shang twice. After seeing the bronze mirror and the sword, he knew that as long as the young man in front of him was there, Manichaeism would advance eastward in the Central Plains under his hands. In this case, he had no choice but to say to Huang Shang: "From today on, you will not only have to wipe out all the evil spirits in the world, but also deal with various sects from the Western Regions. You also know that Nestorianism and Islam, the shamans in the north, and the lamas in Tibet will all become your enemies that you will never be able to escape from in your life. Are you ready?"
Huang Shang looked at Zhou Tong, then at Nuzar, his face pale. "I traveled north from my hometown with the sole purpose of finding the immortal who gave me my name, to thank him for calling my father and for sparing me and my father when I was kidnapped by bandits. After meeting him, I devoted myself to fame and honor for my family, and didn't think of anything else."
Nuzar and Zhou Tong smiled bitterly at the same time. Things had come to this point, and nothing could be covered up. The two looked at the bronze mirror in Huang Shang's hand and shook their heads continuously.
After a while, Zhou Tong said, "You are the reincarnation of Qiongqi. All the sorcerers in the world are shocked and hundreds of ghosts in the underworld are crying. On the day of your birth, you alarmed the ancestor Chen Tuan. Except for you, who else doesn't know your true identity? All the sorcerers in the Middle Earth know that a Taoist master will appear in the southeast."
Nuzar also said: "In the past, only the bronze mirror was still circulating in China. We, the Manicheans, followed the mission of light and came to search for the bronze mirror, but you got there first. I can only accept my fate."
Huang Shang was still hesitating, Wang Zhongfu walked up to Huang Shang and said, "A man should accept his fate, there is no need to postpone it."
Huang Shang looked at Zhou Tong and asked, "The immortal who gave me this name is the ancestor Chen Tuan from Mount Hua?"
Zhou Tong nodded, "You will still have a chance to meet him, but it will be decades later."
Huang Shang looked at Nuzar, "What does the flying star from the sky have to do with the bronze mirror in my hand?"
Nuzar concentrated and said to Huang Shang, "In the past, the flying star and the meteorite broke into three pieces after falling to the ground. They were collected by the sorcerers in the Middle Earth and turned into three coppers. The sorcerers in the Middle Earth knew that the flying star was an ominous thing, so they buried the three coppers underground again. In later generations, the bronze mirror and the bronze furnace were excavated and used to stop the conflict between the two sects. But the flying star was not only broken into three pieces. There were 80,000 fragments flying all over the world. They turned into 80,000 evil spirits. These 80,000 evil spirits have been wreaking havoc in the world for a long time. Now, they must be killed by the Taoist ghost-slaying master. The moth in your hand is the same."
Huang Shang looked bewildered. Wang Zhongfu took the bronze mirror from Huang Shang's hand and pointed it at his face. "Look at it yourself."
Huang Shang looked at the bronze mirror, and a hideous monster appeared in it. There was no doubt that this was Qiongqi, the most ferocious of the Twelve Ancient Nuos!
After Nuzar finished speaking, he bowed to Huang Shang and said, "The Manichaeism cannot be your opponent today. After you ascend to heaven, we, the Manichaeans, will definitely make a comeback, collect the scattered fragments of the world, and eventually unify the Middle-earth. Farewell."
After Nuzar finished speaking, he led his followers to leave.
Zhou Tong and Huang Shang finally recognized each other and told each other their experiences at home. Wang Zhongfu was assigned by Zhou Tong to lead several defeated generals of Lu Zhen faction to the Liao Kingdom.
(Author: After Wang Chongyang sent several shamans of the Luzhen Sect away from Luoyang, he never saw Zhou Tong and Huang Shang again. In the territory of the Liao Kingdom, he felt the hardships of the people, so he spread Taoism among the Jurchens and instigated the Jurchens to fight against the Khitan. Later, Wang Zhongfu continued to preach in the north, and finally his followers spread all over northern China. He accepted seven disciples and founded the Quanzhen Sect, the most powerful sect in China. Wang Zhongfu was called Wang Chongyang by later generations. After the Jurchens rose up, Wang Chongyang thought that the world was pacified, but he did not expect that the Jurchens' ambitions for the Song Dynasty were not weaker than those of the Liao Kingdom. This was also the biggest regret of Wang Chongyang's life.)
Let's talk about the time when Zhou Tong and Huang Shang recognized each other. Zhou Tong sighed, saying that he had accepted countless disciples, but none of them could inherit his family's Weird Dao heritage, even he himself had already converted to the orthodox Taoism, and his status was embarrassing. Huang Shang heard what Zhou Tong meant, so he told Zhou Tong that since he was the reincarnation of Qiongqi and had the bronze mirror in his hand, he should be able to help Zhou Tong continue the Weird Dao's incense.
Zhou Tong told Huang Shang that Gui Dao was Kun Dao magic, and now Huang Shang had the bronze mirror in his hand, and he controlled the fate of all the magicians in the world. Gui Dao was too murderous, and Huang Shang must not add fuel to the fire and let the struggle between the two sects repeat itself.
The two discussed for many days and finally broke the pedantic rules. Zhou Tong opened the altar and did something that the Guidao had not tried for thousands of years, that is, he invited Huang Shang to be an unnamed successor and not to be included in the Guidao tablet. He accepted a closed disciple for Zhou Tong and continued the incense of the Guidao. After Minglong got 80,000 evil spirits, he returned them to the heir of the Guidao. As for Huang Shang killing evil spirits and cultivating into the Yin-Yang Four-Argument Skeleton, that was also a later story.
From then on, the Middle-earth sorcerer Huang Shang was the reincarnation of Qiongqi, and he became famous all over the world. Huang Shang took the moth in his hand and traveled around the world under the list left by Nuzar, killing evil spirits. When he reached middle age, he passed the imperial examination and became an official in the court. With the support of the emperor, he collected Taoist books from all over the world and searched for the Taoist secret books that were lost due to the conflict between the two sects. Finally, he created the "Daoist Canon" with tens of thousands of volumes, which was an immortal contribution to Taoism.
Huang Shang accepted Zhou Tong's instructions and continued to practice the art of trickery. Zhou Tong also traveled around the world and accepted countless disciples, all of whom were famous heroes in the Song Dynasty. However, the two sworn brothers, Nuo Gui and Wang Zhongfu, never met again. The three of them never met again. But at the same time, they were all famous sorcerers in the Song Dynasty.
When Huang Shang was old, he had been looking for his sworn brother Zhou Tong, but he had never heard of him. It was not until he was 76 that he heard that his sworn brother Zhou Tong had died at the hands of a sorcerer named Ran Huaijing a year ago. Huang Shang found Ran Huaijing in Mount Zhongnan and wanted to avenge Zhou Tong.
Ran Huaijing was originally a sorcerer who accidentally got the sword of exterminating Jing. He was young and energetic and became a lieutenant general. He was at odds with Wang Chongyang at the time and had different opinions on the decision to fight against the Jin Kingdom. Ran Huaijing was arrogant and met Zhou Tong. He heard that Wang Chongyang's teacher was Zhou Tong, so he wanted to compete with Zhou Tong. Zhou Tong was old and weak at that time. After competing with Ran Huaijing, he was injured and returned home. He died a few days later.
Wang Chongyang was deeply mired in the anti-Jin war and could not get out of it to take revenge. At the age of 76, Huang Shang defeated Ran Huaijing's Miejing with the Minglong Flame Sword in his hand. Ran Huaijing's goal of becoming a master of magic was shattered, and he could only go to the mountains and live in seclusion.
Huang Shang subdued Ran Huaijing in Mount Zhongnan and stayed there until he was 86 years old. Before his death, he finally met the immortal named by him – Chen Tuan. Under Chen Tuan's guidance, he ascended to heaven and became the Taoist master of the Song Dynasty.
The sundial divisions are complete.